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SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 617,556, dated January 10, 1899.

Application niet october I, 189s.

Vor sections each of which is adapted to perform the office of the article independently of the other, while affording superior elasticity to the broom-head in its application to use.

vI have employed a wire frame, preferably of spring metal, of a shape to engage the broom v at a point about the junction of the broomhandle and broom-head, and which is adapted to be inserted between the aggregation of broom-straw by means of a transverse member of the wire frame above the free impinging and contact ends of the broom-head in the application of the broom to actual use.

My invention is illustrated in the accompanying drawings, in which- Figure 1 represents a side view thereof as it appears when applied to a broom. Fig. 2 represents an edge view of the broom with the transverse member of the frame in crosssection and in position to spread the broom. Fig. 3 represents a plan view of the frame detached.

Similar letters of reference indicate corresponding parts.

The letter A indicates the broom-head, and B the broom-handle, these parts being constructed in substantially the usual way, with the usual band O at the junction of the broomhead and the handle.

The letter D indicates the side members, and E the transverse'member, of the wire frame. As shown in the drawings, the side members D of this frame conform approximately to the shape of the broom-head A and embrace the same on its upper part, while the transverse member E of the wire frame is fitted into a space created by a division longitudinallyof the broom-head in the straw or other material of which it may be composed, as more clearly shown in Fig. 2.

It will be apparent that the wire frame D E has the eect of rendering the broom of what might be termed a duplex character, since the two divisions of the broom-head are in a Serial No. 692,627. (No model.)

measure'independent of each other, while the frame is not liable to interfere with the free use of the broom for its intended purpose.

For the purpose of attaching the wire frame tothe broom it may be bent in the form of a loop F, as more fully shown in Fig.3, adapted to embrace the handle B or the band C, or, if desirable, the frame may be made adjustable on the handle or band in relation to the broom-head. The loop F being integral with the remainder of the wire frame is of an elastic condition and may thus be readily sprung onto the part intended to receive and support Y transverse member E of the wire frame as to vremainder of the wire of which the frame is composed. The sleeve E' extends substantially the length of said transverse member E of the frame and is thus held endwise in p0- sition thereon. i

It may be remarked that the term broom is meant to include any article of a similar nature, such as a brush intended to be used for scrubbing, painting, and other like purposes,although` my invention is primarily intended to be applied to a broom for sweeping purposes.

What I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is

1. A broom-spreader constructed of springwire with side members adapted for attachment to the broom-handle, and a transverse member adapted to be introduced in a division of the broom-head for separating the broom-head into independent and distinct parts, substantially as shown and described.

2. A broom-spreader consisting of springwire with side members adapted for attachment to the broom-handle and a transverse member adapted to be introduced in a division of the broom-head, and of a sleeve iitted on said transverse member and extending substantially the length thereofl for increasing the effect of said transverse member, as shown and described.

FRANCIS C. BOWEN.

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